Hard Candy

To promote the release of ‘Hard Candy’ Madonna performed 3 promo gigs. She started in New York where Justin Timberlake was present as a musical guest. Tickets were given away through lotteries. The gig was streamed live on the internet, available to watch through won tickets only

Madonna then performed in Paris in the Olympia theater. Only 500 tickets were given away to people in the queue outside, other tickets were given away through competitions. Some fans queued for a few days. The event was promoted by NRJ

Kylie Minogue opened her X Tour in Paris the same evening, even though many people had tickets to her show, they chose to attend Madonna’s promo gig instead

Madonna ended her promo tour in Maidstone Kent, a festival were she was headlining. The show was the same as the previous two gigs in New York and Paris

Hard Candy was a massive success in Holland with two number one singles!

4 Minutes and Give it 2 Me both reached the number one spot, the latter being her biggest hit since ‘Hung Up’ and spent six weeks at the number one spot

The video to ‘Miles Away’ was a compilation of live footage from her Sticky & Sweet Tour

Early demo’s of Candy Shop and Beat Goes On surfaced on the internet before its official release. Whereas ‘Candy Shop’ wasn’t that much different from the final version, ‘Beat Goes On’ was completely transformed

Unreleased tracks such as ‘Across The Sky’ and ‘Animal’ later leaked and were available to download on the internet

The song ‘Candy Shop’ seems to be a personal favorite as Madonna has been performing it on her Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008+2009), MDNA Tour (2012) and the Rebel Heart Tour (2015-2016)